Fine MPs who fail to answer questions in Parliament, says DA

The DA wants Parliament to fine ministers who fail to answer questions from MPs.

The rules committee has agreed to a reprimand, but the jury’s still out on whether that punishment can be monetary.

DA chief whip Natasha Mazzone says ministers must be held accountable.

“The DA has been complaining about this for a while and it’s been a problem for a while that these questions remain unanswered and we’ve decided to firmly put our foot down and the rules committee agreed with us,” Mazzone said.

“Ministers have an obligation to give… true reflections and true answers to the questions that are asked and if they don’t answer, we strongly feel that a monetary amount should be fined to them.

“I think the appropriate sanction should be R1,000 per question and R1,000 per day that the question isn’t answered.”

Mazzone said ministers earn a lot of money and an integral part of their work is answering questions.

Source: eNCA

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